PHENOLIC-COMPOUNDS AND THEIR ROLE IN DISEASE RESISTANCE

Discusses the problem of response localization and localization of phenolics relative to the sequential development of stages of disease that lead to expression of resistance. New techniques in characterising phenols indicate the need to understand each disease interaction as a unique phenomenon that can rarely be considered as representative of host responses. Major sections of this review are: initial events in the host response; lignin and polymeric phenols - identification and importance; and phytoalexins - do they accumulate at the right time and place? -P.J.Jarvis